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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I set Announcements tool options?</h1></div>
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    <p>By default, students may only read announcements that have been posted by instructors and other instructor-type roles. Instructors may set the announcement display options for users within a course site.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to the Announcements tool.  </h2>
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    <p>Select the <strong>Announcements</strong> tool from the Tool Menu of your site.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Options.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Change the Display Options.</h2>
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    <p>You may select to display site announcements in one of the following ways:</p>
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<li>Sortable table view</li>
<li>Sortable table view with announcement body</li>
<li>List view with announcement body</li>
<li>If you select to show the announcement body, you may also specify the number of body characters to display.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Create an RSS Alias</h2>
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    <p>By default, each site is automatically given an RSS URL that can be used to subscribe to public announcements. If you would like to customize this URL to one that is easier to remember, you may type the desired alias into the RSS Alias text entry field.</p>
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    <p>After you Update to save that change, your alias will replace the auto-generated portion at the end of the URL.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Specify the announcement display limits.</h2>
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    <p>If you would like to specify the default number of days in the past or number of announcements to be display, enter those values in the fields provided.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select the Update button to save your changes.</h2>
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